Case studies

CORMETECH

CORMETECH, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, develop environmental catalysts and technologies that reduce emissions from industrial processes.Recore Electrical Contractors Inc. were contracted by CORMETECH to update and reconfigure their existing security system at their head office facility in Charlotte, NC.

Islington on the Green

Islington on the Green is a residential complex consisting of 70 modern, high specification apartments. They required an access control solution that would be simple to use, and could enable the Concierge and residents to grant access to visitors from the reception, and their individual apartments, respectively.

Study Studio Park

Study Studio Park is a new student accommodation complex in Breda, Netherlands. Each studio apartment includes a spacious room and en suite, and access to a communal garden and shared facilities. They required an access control solution that would secure the main entrance and the individual studios, with the ability to monitor who was on site at any time.

Vauréal Council Buildings

Vauréal is a town located in a suburb of north west Paris. The council own and manage four sites in Vaureal including the local school, three leisure facilities, plus a number of socially run charities and arts centres.

Cougar Monitoring

Cougar Monitoring operates a state-of-the-art alarm receiving and monitoring centre based in Birmingham, UK,
providing a wide range of monitoring and response services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

They required a solution that would both improve the management of access to the monitoring centre and offer a convenient and reliable system for the management and staff on site. An additional requirement for the improved system was to provide an extra layer of security with biometric authentication.

Park Terrace Condo Association

Park Terrace Condo in downtown San Diego, US, is conveniently located across from Petco Park, home of the major league baseball team, the San Diego Padres. The beautiful condo features two towers, 14 storeys, and houses 223 units. Park Terrace now uses Net2 to provide a secure community for their tenants.

Blok Developments

Blok Developments is an urban property developer operating in Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard and CBD. Their thoughtfully designed and detail orientated apartments are built to make a lasting contribution to the neighbourhoods they develop in. Security is a priority for Blok and their residents. They required a system that would allow them to control who could access the developments, and had the functionality to easily assign, update and bar access tokens, from a simple, reliable user interface.

Marino Institute of Education

Marino Institute of Education is a unique third-level education environment based in Dublin. The campus comprises the College of Education, the Conference Centre and other continuing professional development and support services.

St Patrick's House

St Patrick’s House, Cardiff, is a large site that is home to several businesses, with over 500 employees in total. The building recently underwent complete refurbishment, including a contract to replace and upgrade the security systems throughout.

Sky Deutschland

Sky Deutschland is a German media company which operates
a Direct Broadcast Pay TV platform in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland, offering a collection of digital subscription
television channels. Sky Deutschland is part of the
international Sky PLC. The Sky Deutschland Customer Service
Centre, located just outside of Berlin in Teltow employs over
400 staff who work onsite.

Type of site:
Commercial – offices and call centre

Number of users/doors:
• Over 400 users
• 15 doors

Solution required:
• User friendly interface
• Simple to manage
• Control the movement of people

Howley Grange

The Howley Grange Scout Group, founded in 1959, has been in residence in Halesowen for over 50 years. The Scout Group has over 120 members, aged six to 19, who join the organisation to develop skills including teamwork, initiative, communication and commitment. The Scout Headquarters are also used by a further 450 children every week, that attend various clubs and groups, including a playgroup, dance club, and pre-school, who hire out part of the site.

London Legal

London Legal is the number one supplier to London’s top law firms, specialising in providing legal and litigation support services. Due to the collection and storage of sensitive data, the security of their offices is of vital importance.

Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro is the world’s largest wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services. With operations located in 38 countries across six continents the company has more than 200,000 customers worldwide.

As a technology solutions provider, security at the company’s premises is vitally important. At the new South African site, located in Johannesburg, Ingram Micro required an effective security and building management system.

Rush Fitness

Rush Fitness are a modern gym that offers 24/7 access to their members, in a variety of locations across the UK. Providing an abundance of state of the art equipment, dedicated teams of fitness professionals, and a wide range of exercise classes, Rush Fitness are dedicated to giving their members the best fitness experience possible.

Boucheries Nivernaises

The Boucheries Nivernaises is a chain of butchers located across Paris. Founded in the 1950s by Jean Bissonnet, the group now has five sites, including the prestigious shop on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The company deliver across France and even supply meat to the French President, François Hollande.

Powerscourt Estate

Based in the Wicklow Mountains of Co. Wicklow, Ireland, Powerscourt Estate is a leading visitor attraction with approximately 500,000 visitors every year to the house, estate and golf club. The gardens were voted number three in the World’s Top 10 Gardens by National Geographic magazine.

Type of site:
Commercial – leisure and heritage

Number of doors/users:
• 11 doors
• Golf Club - 900 members
• Hotel guests – between 50-60 per week
• Gardens – 1,000 - 1,500 visitors per day in peak season

Solution required:
• Control access to the estate gardens, golf club and properties
• Integration with the tilling system

Marlow Rowing Club

Founded in 1871, Marlow Rowing Club is on the River Thames in Marlow, England. The club is one of the main rowing clubs in England and is also shared with canoeists, swimmers and triathletes, gaining access at different times. The clubs members have represented Great Britain in the Olympics on numerous occasions. The clubhouse and boat sheds had to be rebuilt after they were seriously damaged by a fire in 2011. Following a grant from Sport England and fundraising by its members the premises were finalised in 2014.

Type of site:
Leisure/Rowing Club

Number of doors/users:
• 4 doors
• 5 roller shutters
• 40 users

Solution required:
• A secure solution for the clubhouse
• Restrict access to the boat sheds and gym

HARP

Type of site:
Charity – Day Centre & Night Shelter

Location:
Southend, UK

Number of users/doors:

15 staff

33 volunteers

29 residents

48 doors

HARP is a Southend based charity funded by donations that provides emergency housing and long-term solutions, enabling people to rebuild their lives and live independently in the community. HARP can house up to 122 people at any one time in their properties.

Wesleyan School - Atlanta, GA

Founded in 1963, Wesleyan School is located on 85 acres of land in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, just north of Atlanta. The school is comprised of nine main buildings including a chapel, two libraries and a two dining halls. There are 1,129 children and 200 faculty staff on site. After the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in 2012 many schools across the USA assessed and re-evaluated their security and lockdown procedures.

My CRM

My CRM Group are a forward thinking software development company based in Newport on the Isle of Wight. Established in 2009, they specialise in the design of innovative software applications, specifically customer relationship management (CRM), providing solutions for clients all over the world.

Foyles

Foyles is a renowned, award-wining independent bookstore, founded in 1903 by brothers William and Gilbert Foyle. There are six stores in the UK, as well as a website for online shopping and eBooks. Foyles acquired their new premises in 2012; the building was previously the historic home of Central St. Martin’s College of Art. They have spent the last two years sympathetically modernising the London store whilst maintaining the integrity of the site.

Building Schools for the Future - Yorkshire

Building Schools for the Future is a nationwide scheme and the largest school building programme since the 1800s: worth £55bn, the Labour government’s aim was to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in the UK. Rochdale Council implemented a five year plan from January 2010 to December 2014 for 11 schools, costing the local borough council £160m. Every school had to comply with the local educational authority’s regulations for securing children and staff.

Type of site:
11 Secondary Schools, including Special Educational Needs and a Behavioural Difficulties Educational College

Number of doors:
• 383 doors (across the 11 sites)

Solution required:
• Secure school buildings and property
• Restricted access to visitors, i.e. deliveries
• Networked security solution to control the movement of children during
lesson time

Graze

Graze is a healthy and nutritious mail-order snacks service. Subscribers tailor their orders by telling graze their likes and dislikes, and subsequently receive a monthly, fortnightly or weekly delivery in a letterbox sized container. Founded in the UK in 2008, graze now have three sites in the UK and one in the USA with a steadily increasing work force.

Hazelwick School

Hazelwick School is a vibrant, large comprehensive secondary school based in Crawley, West Sussex. Established in 1953, the school is highly regarded both academically and socially, with a strong sense of community and outstanding quality of teaching.

At the heart of the school is a caring and cohesive learning environment where all students are made to feel safe, happy and valued. With the pupil population growing to almost 2,000 in recent years, security has become an increasingly important contributor to maintaining pupils’ happiness and wellbeing.

Chalkwell Hall Junior School

Type of site:
Education/School

Location:
Southend-on-Sea, UK

Number of users/doors:

8 doors

63 users

420 pupils

Chalkwell Hall Junior School is a large community school in
Southend-on-Sea. Established in 1908 and educating 420
pupils aged seven to 11, the school has a key role in the local
area.As a large school, it became increasingly important
to safeguard, and control the flow of, children around the
building.

Barming Primary School

Established in 1975, Barming Primary School is at the heart of the community in Barming, Kent. The school strives to provide a safe and happy learning environment for its pupils, with modern facilities
and a broad range of extracurricular activities. As a key part of the local community, the school works in partnership with parents to ensure pupils achieve their full potential. With the pupil population
doubling in size to 400 since opening, as well as a total of 50 staff, security at the school has become increasingly important in recent years.

Perth and Kinross Council

Established in 1996 in the heart of Perth, Perth & Kinross Council has a pupil population of approximately 17,500 and responsibility for 10 secondary schools, 76 primary schools, one school for children with special needs, one pre-school centre and 45 nursery classes.

Over the last ten years, security has become increasingly vital in schools to protect students, staff and assets, while also allowing students to move freely around a site. In 2009, Perth & Kinross Council began a five year phased replacement of their initial security system, switching out their basic standalone access control with Net2, Paxton’s market leading networked security system.

Michelin

Established in France in 1898, Michelin, the international giants of tyre manufacturing, hold forefront positions in every tyre market as well as in travel-related services. They are now one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world.

As the only tyre factory in Scotland, and one of two main Michelin factories in the UK, Michelin in Dundee has developed a rapid production rate, producing between six & seven million car tyres a year.

Type of site:
Manufacturing

Location:
Dundee, Scotland

Number of buildings/users:
• 800 users
• 4 buildings

Solution required:
• Control access to the main gates and other core buildings
•Access and ID cards issued to visitors to site
•Simple, scalable system

Canoe England

Manvers Waterfront Boat Club is a multi-water sports centre on Manvers Lake, based in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire.

The centre
specialises in paddle sports, with canoeing being at the heart of its activities. Manvers is an ideal place for grassroots learners to train in a real
Olympic setting.

The centre works in partnership with Canoe England, the national governing body for canoeing, set up by Sport England. Sport England receives a yearly capital grants allowance from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to support the development of certain sport across the country.

Mammoth Screen

Mammoth Screen is an award-winning television production company that specialises in the creation of high quality drama for mainstream TV channels like ITV.

They have now finished production on an exciting medical drama called Monroe, starring James Nesbitt as a neurosurgeon, working in a hospital in Leeds. The show is tipped to be ITV’s leading TV drama series for 2011. Market-leading access control manufacturers, Paxton, were delighted to provide the show with some access control swipe card readers to make the hospital set look really authentic.

Based in an empty Victorian building in the heart of Leeds, Mammoth Screen’s art department took almost three months to put together the Monroe set. As the budget was limited they had to enlist the help of UK businesses who supply all the usual equipment that help real hospitals function.

Peckforton Castle

Peckforton Castle is an enchanting hotel in the heart of Cheshire, described by English Heritage as ‘the only intact medieval style castle in the country’. Extremely popular for leisure breaks, corporate events, conferences and weddings, Peckforton Castle has been used as a location for various films
and TV shows.

The Gym

The Gym is a rapidly developing chain of venues that offers their customers flexible and accessible gym membership. With 11 sites in major cities across the UK, including Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, The Gym has just opened the doors to their new Brighton site. Located just adjacent to the Palace Pier, The Gym at Brighton boasts enviable sea views from the running machines, ideal for a relaxing work out.

The Gym venues are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week with staff on shift 8am-8pm during the week and 10am-5pm at the weekends. The central location makes the new site ideal for busy Brighton inhabitants who want gym membership that fits in with their work schedules and fast-paced lifestyles. The service provided is a modern health club for people on the move. All day, every day, gym members can access the premises using an eight digit PIN code they receive when they join The Gym online. This means that customers can use the venues at all hours of the day and night, without the need for staff having to be present.

Gyron Internet

Gyron are a leading provider of data centre services. Established in March 2000, the dynamic company has consistently grown, leading them
to require more space than they had available at their London Docklands facility. The decision was made to open a new data centre at Hemel
Hempstead, which will give Gyron the capacity to continue growing their business. The 50,000 square feet “Centro” facility has been set up to
offer customers the highest standards for colocation and managed hosting.

Portland Marina

Dean & Reddyhoff is one of the UK’s leading marine operators and has successful operations at Weymouth, Hasler and East Cowes. They have
recently opened their new marina at Portland Harbour. Situated on the Jurassic coast, the marina is accessible at all states of tide and provides
premium facilities for its customers.

Designing in security is important for this type of development. Access control is part of the security package that customers requirewhen berthing their yachts in a marina. Dean & Reddyhoff’s other marinas already use access control, but the systems are not controlled from a PC, so management is time consuming. Keen to start with a clean slate, Steve Godden (one of the company’s directors) was
interested in looking at some different options.

Sheffield International Venues

Sheffield International Venues (SIV) has played a key role in developing the economic, cultural and sporting profile of the City of Sheffield. As one of the largest sport, leisure and entertainment companies in Europe, SIV now operates 14 venues in Sheffield alone including the English Institute of Sport, Ponds Forge International Sports Centre and Don Valley Stadium.

SIV has an international reputation for managing more than 2,000 sporting and entertainment events annually, many televised, while championing community participation and sport development initiatives, all rewarded with the highest industry standards and accreditations.

Seashell Trust

The Royal Manchester School for the Deaf first opened its doors in 1825. Since then the school has grown considerably, both in the
number of students and the range of difficulties that they face. Known as The Seashell Trust since November 2008, they now work
with students with an increasingly complex range of communication and physical difficulties.

On its extensive site at Cheadle Hulme in Cheshire, the Trust operates a school which caters for students from 2-19 years and
a college for 19-23 year olds. The school and college cater for children and young adults with a wide range of learning and
communication difficulties together with physical and medical conditions.

Manchester United

Manchester United Football Club requires no introduction. With 330 million supporters worldwide, its fame has spread well beyond the borders of the UK. With a capacity of 76,000, security and the safe movement of fans is of paramount importance to the club.

Tsukuba University

Well known in Japan as the first open campus, the Medical School Group at Tsukuba University has faced problems with theft and needed to keep records of who was entering buildings and when.

As a solution, they chose to install Paxton Access’ Net2 and add to the installation every year. We asked Prof. Naoto Terui, the person in charge of installations at the school, and Ms. Adachi, who manages the use of the system, to tell us about their experience with Net2.

The Tsukuba University Medical School Group is located on one corner of the Tsukuba campus, in the center of the 2,700 hectare Tsukuba City Research Park. The Medical School Group is composed of three separate fields: Medicine, Nursing and Pharmaceuticals. About 1,900 people (including the students, doctors and other staff,) are using the eight buildings belonging to the Medical School Group.
At the open campus, there are no walls or gates. Beyond that, buildings were always being added that had no real plans for an overall security system. Anybody could come into the campus at any time. From a security perspective, there were a lot of things that were being over-looked.

Little Chute Area School

Little Chute Area School District focuses its strengths and resources on developing the individual talents and skills of its students. Based, as the name would suggest in Little Chute, Wisconsin the school consists of three buildings that serve the needs of elementary, middle and high school students.

The Little Chute Area School District is committed to providing an environment that provides a quality learning experience for all. With approximately 1525 students the District is a busy and thriving school community.

Scott Wildenberg of Lappen Security has undertaken work for the Schools District on a number of occasions. Scott was asked to recommend a system that would provide the required security. Lappen Security is based in Little Chute and offers the full raft of security services; CCTV, intruder, Fire, locking/door hardware, and access control. Scott had recently been introduced to Net2, a networked access control system from Paxton Access. Scott explains, “When I saw the Paxton Access system it seemed like a breath of fresh air. The user interface is clear and well thought out and installation is also pretty straightforward. I decided this could be the answer for the District and showed the software to Jim Fochs, Director of Building and Grounds at Little Chute District.

National Star College

Nestling in beautiful grounds at Ullenwood Cheltenham, National Star College is a registered charity and national independent specialist college for young disabled students. The college helps students to achieve their goals and fulfil their potential through innovative programmes of education and independence training. Over the years the college’s facilities have improved to enable students with more severe and complex conditions to attend.
In order to accommodate young people from all over the UK the college has invested considerable funds in accommodation. Residencies include five on campus and one in Cheltenham’s town centre and one in Gloucester. These have helped to create a vibrant social life and community spirit that make the college so much more than just a learning provider. This year is an important one for the college. As well as celebrating its 40th anniversary the college has launched the Star Appeal, a campaign aimed at raising £15.4 million for an ambitious development project to ensure the increasingly complex needs of its students continue to be met.